Snap fastener installation



March 27, 1934. w. l. JONES 1,952,439

SNAP FASTENER INSTALLATION Filed Nov. 7, 1930 Patented Mar. 27, 1934 UNLITEIJY STATES SNAP ASTENER INSTALLATION Walter I. Jones, Arlington, Mass., assigner to United-Carr Fastener Corporation,` Cambridge, Mass., a corporation of Massachusettsk rApplication November 7, 1930, Serial No. 493,972

3 Claims. (Cl. 45-138) My invention aims to provide improvements in snap fastener installations, particularly with reference to upholstery installations.

In the drawing, which illustrates a preferred embodiment of my invention,

Fig. 1 is an elevation View of a portion of an upholstery panel as viewed from the inner side thereof and showing the snap fastener members vin place;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

My invention as illustrated by the drawing is directed to improvements in upholstery installations in which the upholstered panel is secured to the frame Vby separable fastening means, and is particularly directed to the idea of providing means whereby the fastener members carried by the upholstered part may be attached and detached readily without disturbing the covering means.

In the drawing I have shown a portion of a thin frameV structure 1 having an aperture or apertures 2, as the case may be, to which is secured an upholstery panel 3 by means of snap fastener studs!" 4 as shown in Fig. 2.

The upholstery panel comprises a backing 5 of cardboard pr the like to the edges of which are attached metallic strips 6 and a iiexible covering of fabric 7. If desirable a padding 8 (Figs. 2 and 3) may be used between the backing 5 and fabric 7. The fabric 7 is wrapped over the edges of the backing 5 andthe strips 6 (Fig. 1) and is secured in place by any suitable means.

Since it is an object of my invention to attach or remove the studs 4 without disturbing the fabric '7, I have offset a portion 9 of a strip 6 so as to be spaced away from the backing, and

40 apertures 10 in the form of elongated slots are provided in the portion 9 to receive the bases of the studs. The apertures 10 extend lto the free edge of the portion 9 so that the studs may be attached or detached by a lateral movement transverse to a strip, as will be apparent from an inspection of Figs. 1 and 3. The corners 12-12 of the metal strip adjacent to an aperture are bent upwardly to provide guides for the base 13 of the stud to guide it beneath a strip 6.

Detent means in the form of bosses 14-14 are provided in the metal strip adjacent to each aperture 10. These bosses extend toward the backing 5 so that when the base 13 of a stud is forced past them they will prevent accidental displacement of a fastener member after it has been attached and before the panel has been attached to the frame structure. Thus the studs are held in place by their bases and it snot necessary to form any holes in the backing part 5. 1

When the studs are attached as illustrated an described each has a boss portion extending through an aperture 10 to provide a yieldable head l5 and neck 16 for engagement in the aperture 2 in the frame part 1, as shown in Fig. 2. Furthermore the usual clearance is provided so that the studs may shift laterally in all directions relative to the upholstered part for alignment with their cooperating apertures in a frame part.

While I have *shown a metal strip 6 forreceiving the fastener stud it should be understood that cardboard or other suitable material may be used in the same manner and instead of providing a strip short pieces may be used Where it fis desired to locate the fasteners. However, the scope of my invention is best defined by the following claims.

I claim:

1. A snap fastener installation comprising in combination a frame structure, a part to be secured to said frame structure and snap fastening means securing said part to said frame structure, said part including a backing of relatively stiff material, a metallic edge strip secured to the backf` ing adjacent to the edge at the rear face and hav-v ing an aperture therethrough extending to onev edge of the edge strip, said strip formed to be spaced from said backing adjacent to said aper ture, a snap fastener member having a base located in the space between said backing and saidA strip, and means extending into the space between the strip and the backing to prevent acci--V dental disassembly of the fastener member from the said part.

2. A snap fastener installation comprising in combination a frame structure, a part to be secured to said frame structure and snap fastening means securing said part to said frame structure, said part including a backing of relatively stiff material, a metallic edgev strip secured to the backing adjacent to the edge at the rear face and having an aperture therethrough extending to one edge of the edge strip, said strip formed to be spaced from said backing adjacent to said aperture, a snap fastener member having a base located in the space between said backing and said strip, means extending from said strip into the space between the strip and the backing to prevent accidental disassembly of the fastener member from the said part, and upwardly bent portions at the corners of said strip adjacent the aperture to facilitate lateral entrance of the fastener member base into the space between the strip and the backing.

3. A snap fastener installation comprising, in combination, a frame structure having an aperture presented thereby, a part to be secured to said frame structure, said part including a backing of relatively stiff material, a fastener-attaching means secured to the backing adjacent to the edge at that side facing the frame structure, said fastener-attaching means having an aperture therethrough extending to one edge thereof and a snap fastener member having a base located between the fastener-attaching means and the backing and having a yieldable shank extending WALTER I. JONES. 

